• September 26, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Webcasters Face Retroactive Royalties in October

    Amid much controversy, radio stations attempt to continue to stream their radio broadcasts over the Internet without the consent of the record companies and artists that own the performance ri

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  • November 19, 2012 | National Law Journal

    BP Agrees to Record Penalty in Gulf Oil Spill

    In the summer of 2010, several months after an explosion and fire on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana killed 11 crew members, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. publicly declared, "We

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  • January 18, 2001 | National Law Journal

    Stock for Legal Work

    Let's suppose your law firm is deciding whether to accept stock in payment for its legal services. It knows that many other firms have done so (usually at the client's request), but it w

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  • October 1, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    Home Sweet Disaster Area

    Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwatr Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales, by Jake Halpern; Houghton Mifflin Company, 240 pages.Even after 9/11, there was still

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  • March 4, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Jenkens & Gilchrist In New York Joins Troutman Firm

    Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders has acquired the 91-lawyer New York office of Dallas' Jenkens & Gilchrist. The acquisition is a bold move for Troutman Sanders, which has about 600 l

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  • People v. Leon

    Publication Date: 2010-02-02
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-02
    Court: C.A. 6th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. H034066

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 1528THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v.JOSEPH RUDY LEON, Defendant and Appellant.p

  • November 8, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    9 Steps to Rein In Outside Counsel Costs

    Cost control efforts, like diets, are only effective if you stick to them. Ay, there's the rub: How does a general counsel get individual lawyers to care about how much is spent on outside counsel

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  • January 31, 2001 | Daily Report Online

    Former U.S. Attorney Thompson Reported Choice as Ashcroft's Deputy AG

    Former U.S. Attorney Larry D. Thompson of Atlanta reportedly has been selected by U.S. Attorney General-nominee John Ashcroft to be his second-in-command.Citing an unnamed source close

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  • January 11, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    City Audit of DA's Office Reveals 'Questionable' Payment An audit of the Staten Island District Attorney's Office released Friday labeled "questionable" a $20,000 payment

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  • Gibbs-Alfano v. Burton

    Publication Date: 2002-02-01
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    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2002-01-31
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00-9553

    Argued: November 6, 2001Members of the Town Council of the Town of Ossining, New York, appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.),